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Qurʾān Bukhārī Muslim Nasāʾī Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Ibn Mājah Mālik Aḥmad Dārimī Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
darimi:2404 – Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Hamdānī > Abū Usāmah > ʿAwf > Ḥamzah Abū ʿUmar > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil al-Ḥaḍramī > Abīh Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

[Machine] I witnessed the Prophet ﷺ when a killer was brought to him, bound in chains. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to the guardian of the slain person, "Will you pardon him?" He replied, "No." The Prophet ﷺ then asked, "Will you accept blood money?" He again replied, "No." The Prophet ﷺ then asked, "Will you kill him?" He finally replied, "Yes." The Prophet ﷺ said, "If you forgive him, then he will bear your sin and the sin of his companion." The guardian decided to forgive him and said, "I have seen him dragging his chains, and he has been forgiven."  

الدارمي:٢٤٠٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ عَوْفٍ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ أَبِي عُمَرَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

شَهِدْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ حِينَ أُتِيَ بِالرَّجُلِ الْقَاتِلِ يُقَادُ فِي نِسْعَةٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِوَلِيِّ الْمَقْتُولِ «أَتَعْفُو» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «فَتَأْخُذُ الدِّيَةَ» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «فَتَقْتُلُهُ» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّكَ إِنْ عَفَوْتَ عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَبُوءُ بِإِثْمِكَ وَإِثْمِ صَاحِبِكَ» قَالَ فَتَرَكَهُ قَالَ «فَأَنَا رَأَيْتُهُ يَجُرُّ نِسْعَتَهُ قَدْ عَفَا عَنْهُ»  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
nasai:4723 – Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Isḥāq > ʿAwf al-Aʿrābī > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil al-Ḥaḍramī from his father

A man who had killed someone was brought to the Messenger of Allah, and he was brought by the heir of the victim. The Messenger of Allah said to him. 'Will you forgive him? He said: No.' He said: 'Will you kill him? He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Go away.' Then when he went away, he called him back and said: will you forgive him?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Will you accept the Diyah? He said: 'No.' He said: 'will you kill him? He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Go away.' Then when he had gone he said: If you forgive him, he will carry your sin and the sin of your companion (the victim)." So he forgave him and let him go." He said: "And I saw him dragging his string."  

النسائي:٤٧٢٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ عَنْ عَوْفٍ الأَعْرَابِيِّ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

جِيءَ بِالْقَاتِلِ الَّذِي قَتَلَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَاءَ بِهِ وَلِيُّ الْمَقْتُولِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَتَعْفُو قَالَ لاَ قَالَ أَتَقْتُلُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ اذْهَبْ فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ دَعَاهُ قَالَ أَتَعْفُو قَالَ لاَ قَالَ أَتَأْخُذُ الدِّيَةَ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ أَتَقْتُلُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ اذْهَبْ فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّكَ إِنْ عَفَوْتَ عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَبُوءُ بِإِثْمِكَ وَإِثْمِ صَاحِبِكَ فَعَفَا عَنْهُ فَأَرْسَلَهُ قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُهُ يَجُرُّ نِسْعَتَهُ  

nasai:4724 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿAwf b. Abū Jamīlah > Ḥamzah Abū ʿAmr al-ʿĀʾidhī > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil > Wāʾil

"I saw the Messenger of Allah when the heir of a victim brought the killer, leading him by a string. The Messenger of Allah said to the heir of the victim: Will you forgive him?' He said: 'No., He said: 'Will you accept Diyah?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Will you kill him?' He said: 'Yes.' He said" 'Take him away (to kill him).' When he took him and turned away, he turned to those who were with him, and called him back, and said to him: 'Will you forgive him?' He said: No.' He said: 'Will you accept Diyah?' He said: No.' He said: 'Will you kill him?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Take him away.' Then the Messenger of Allah said: 'If you forgive him, he will carry your sin and the sin of your companion (the victim).' So he forgave him and left him, and I was him dragging his string."  

النسائي:٤٧٢٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي حَمْزَةُ أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْعَائِذِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ وَائِلٍ عَنْ وَائِلٍ قَالَ

شَهِدْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ جِيءَ بِالْقَاتِلِ يَقُودُهُ وَلِيُّ الْمَقْتُولِ فِي نِسْعَةٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِوَلِيِّ الْمَقْتُولِ أَتَعْفُو قَالَ لاَ قَالَ أَتَأْخُذُ الدِّيَةَ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَتَقْتُلُهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ اذْهَبْ بِهِ فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ بِهِ فَوَلَّى مِنْ عِنْدِهِ دَعَاهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَتَعْفُو قَالَ لاَ قَالَ أَتَأْخُذُ الدِّيَةَ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَتَقْتُلُهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ اذْهَبْ بِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ أَمَا إِنَّكَ إِنْ عَفَوْتَ عَنْهُ يَبُوءُ بِإِثْمِهِ وَإِثْمِ صَاحِبِكَ فَعَفَا عَنْهُ وَتَرَكَهُ فَأَنَا رَأَيْتُهُ يَجُرُّ نِسْعَتَهُ  

nasai:5415 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿAwf > Ḥamzah Abū ʿUmar al-ʿĀʾidhī > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil > Wāʾil

"I saw the Messenger of Allah [SAW] when a killer was brought by the heir of the victim by a string. The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said to the heir of the victim: 'Will you forgive him?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Will you accept the Diyah?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Will you kill him?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Take him away.' When he went and turned away from him, he called him back and said: 'Will you forgive him?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Will you accept the Diyah?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Will you kill him?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Take him away.' When he went and turned away from him, he called him back and said: 'Will you forgive him?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Will you accept the Diyah?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Will you kill him?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Take him away.' At that point the Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'But if you forgive him, he will carry his own sin and the sin of your companion.' So he forgave him, and I saw him dragging his string."  

النسائي:٥٤١٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَوْفٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي حَمْزَةُ أَبُو عُمَرَ الْعَائِذِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ وَائِلٍ عَنْ وَائِلٍ قَالَ

شَهِدْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ جَاءَ بِالْقَاتِلِ يَقُودُهُ وَلِيُّ الْمَقْتُولِ فِي نِسْعَةٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِوَلِيِّ الْمَقْتُولِ أَتَعْفُو قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَتَأْخُذُ الدِّيَةَ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَتَقْتُلُهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ اذْهَبْ بِهِ فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ فَوَلَّى مِنْ عِنْدِهِ دَعَاهُ فَقَالَ أَتَعْفُو قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَتَأْخُذُ الدِّيَةَ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَتَقْتُلُهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ اذْهَبْ بِهِ فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ فَوَلَّى مِنْ عِنْدِهِ دَعَاهُ فَقَالَ أَتَعْفُو قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَتَأْخُذُ الدِّيَةَ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَتَقْتُلُهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ اذْهَبْ بِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ أَمَا إِنَّكَ إِنْ عَفَوْتَ عَنْهُ يَبُوءُ بِإِثْمِهِ وَإِثْمِ صَاحِبِكَ فَعَفَا عَنْهُ وَتَرَكَهُ فَأَنَا رَأَيْتُهُ يَجُرُّ نِسْعَتَهُ  

abudawud:4499 – ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar b. Maysarah al-Jushamī > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿAwf > Ḥamzah Abū ʿUmar al-ʿĀʾidhī > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

I was with the Prophet ﷺ when a man who was a murderer and had a strap round his neck was brought to him. He then called the legal guardian of the victim and asked him: Do you forgive him? He said: No. He asked: Will you accept the blood-money? He said: No. He asked: Will you kill him? He said: Yes. He said: Take him. When he turned his back, he said: Do you forgive him? He said: No. He said: Will you accept the blood-money? He said: No. He said: Will you kill him? He said: Yes. He said: Take him. After repeating all this a fourth time, he said: If you forgive him, he will bear the burden of his own sin and the sin of the victim. He then forgave him. He (the narrator) said: I saw him pulling the strap.  

أبو داود:٤٤٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ الْجُشَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَوْفٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمْزَةُ أَبُو عُمَرَ الْعَائِذِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ وَائِلٍ حَدَّثَنِي وَائِلُ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ جِيءَ بِرَجُلٍ قَاتِلٍ فِي عُنُقِهِ النِّسْعَةُ قَالَ فَدَعَا وَلِيَّ الْمَقْتُولِ فَقَالَ أَتَعْفُو قَالَ لاَ قَالَ أَفَتَأْخُذُ الدِّيَةَ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ أَفَتَقْتُلُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ اذْهَبْ بِهِ فَلَمَّا وَلَّى قَالَ أَتَعْفُو قَالَ لاَ قَالَ أَفَتَأْخُذُ الدِّيَةَ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ أَفَتَقْتُلُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ اذْهَبْ بِهِ فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّكَ إِنْ عَفَوْتَ عَنْهُ يَبُوءُ بِإِثْمِهِ وَإِثْمِ صَاحِبِهِ قَالَ فَعَفَا عَنْهُ قَالَ فَأَنَا رَأَيْتُهُ يَجُرُّ النِّسْعَةَ  

tabarani:18402 – ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Shuʿbah > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Abū al-Bakhtarī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Yaḥṣibī > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

[Machine] I witnessed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when the killer was brought to him, dragging his spear. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to the guardian of the deceased, "Do you forgive him?" He replied, "No." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Then you shall take revenge." He replied, "No." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Then you shall kill him." He replied, "Yes." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ repeated this three times, and then he said to him, "If you were to forgive him, he would bear the burden of his sin." He then forgave him, and I saw him dragging his spear and he was forgiven.  

الطبراني:١٨٤٠٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْبَخْتَرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْيَحْصِبِيِّ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

شَهِدْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ أُتِيَ بِالْقَاتِلِ يَجُرُّ نِسْعَتَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِوَلِيِّ الْمَقْتُولِ «أَتَعْفُو عَنْهُ؟» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «فَتَأْخُذُ» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «فَتَقْتُلُهُ» قَالَ نَعَمْ فَأَعَادَ عَلَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّكَ إِنْ عَفَوْتَ عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَبُوءُ بِإِثْمِهِ» قَالَ فَعَفَا عَنْهُ قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُهُ يَجُرُّ نِسْعَتَهُ قَدْ عَفَا عَنْهُ  

حَمْزَةُ أَبُو عُمَرَ الْعَائِذِيُّ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ

tabarani:18300 – Muḥammad b. al-ʿAbbās al-Muʾaddib > Hawdhah b. Khalīfah > ʿAwf b. Abū Jamīlah > Ḥamzah Abū ʿUmar al-ʿĀʾidhī > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil from his father

[Machine] I witnessed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a man was brought in shackles. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to the guardian of the deceased, "Do you forgive him?" He replied, "No." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Then take the blood money." He replied, "No." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Then you may kill him." He said, "Yes." So he took him away with him. He said, "Come, do you forgive?" repeating the same words as before. The guardian of the deceased repeated the same words three times. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said at the fourth time, "Indeed, if you forgive, then it will be as if it was your own sin and the sin of your companion." So he left him. I saw him dragging his shackles.  

الطبراني:١٨٣٠٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ الْمُؤَدِّبُ ثنا هَوْذَةُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ ثنا عَوْفُ بْنُ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ أَبُو عُمَرَ الْعَائِذِيُّ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

شَهِدْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ جِيءَ بِالرَّجُلِ فِي نِسْعَةٍ يُقَادُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِوَلِيِّ الْمَقْتُولِ «أَتَعْفُو عَنْهُ؟» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «فَتَأْخُذُ الدِّيَةَ» قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَتَقْتُلُهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَاذْهَبْ بِهِ فَتَوَلَّى مِنْ عِنْدِهِ قَالَ تَعَالَ أَتَعْفُو؟ مِثْلَ قَوْلِهِ الْأَوَّلِ فَقَالَ وَلِيُّ الْمَقْتُولِ مِثْلَ قَوْلِهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عِنْدَ الرَّابِعَةِ «أَمَا إِنَّكَ إِنْ عَفَوْتَ فَإِنَّهُ يَبُوءُ بِإِثْمِكَ وَإِثْمَ صَاحِبِكَ» فَتَرَكَهُ قَالَ فَأَنَا رَأَيْتُهُ يَجُرُّ نِسْعَتَهُ  

nasai-kubra:6899 – Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm Ibn ʿUlayyah Qāḍī Dimashq > Isḥāq > al-Azraq > ʿAwf al-Aʿrābī > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil al-Ḥaḍramī from his father

A man who had killed someone was brought to the Messenger of Allah, and he was brought by the heir of the victim. The Messenger of Allah said to him. 'Will you forgive him? He said: No.' He said: 'Will you kill him? He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Go away.' Then when he went away, he called him back and said: will you forgive him?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Will you accept the Diyah? He said: 'No.' He said: 'will you kill him? He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Go away.' Then when he had gone he said: If you forgive him, he will carry your sin and the sin of your companion (the victim)." So he forgave him and let him go." He said: "And I saw him dragging his string." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4723)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٨٩٩ – أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ قَاضِي دِمَشْقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ هُوَ الْأَزْرَقُ عَنْ عَوْفٍ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

جِيءَ بِالْقَاتِلِ الَّذِي قَتَلَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ جَاءَ بِهِ وَلِيُّ الْمَقْتُولِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَتَعْفُو؟» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «أَتَأْخُذُ الدِّيَةَ؟» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «الْقَتْلُ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «اذْهَبْ» فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ قَالَ «أَمَا إِنَّكَ إِنْ عَفَوْتَ عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَبُوءُ بِإِثْمِكَ وَإِثْمِ صَاحِبِهِ» فَعَفَا عَنْهُ فَأَرْسَلَهُ قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُهُ يَجُرُّ نِسْعَتَهُ  

bayhaqi:16054 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Bakr al-Qāḍī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. al-Jahm b. Hārūn al-Simmarī > Hawdhah b. Khalīfah al-Bakrāwī > ʿAwf > Ḥamzah b. ʿUmar al-ʿĀʾidhī > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil al-Ḥaḍramī from his father

"I saw the Messenger of Allah when the heir of a victim brought the killer, leading him by a string. The Messenger of Allah said to the heir of the victim: Will you forgive him?' He said: 'No., He said: 'Will you accept Diyah?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Will you kill him?' He said: 'Yes.' He said" 'Take him away (to kill him).' When he took him and turned away, he turned to those who were with him, and called him back, and said to him: 'Will you forgive him?' He said: No.' He said: 'Will you accept Diyah?' He said: No.' He said: 'Will you kill him?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Take him away.' Then the Messenger of Allah said: 'If you forgive him, he will carry your sin and the sin of your companion (the victim).' So he forgave him and left him, and I was him dragging his string." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4724)   

البيهقي:١٦٠٥٤ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ الْقَاضِي قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْجَهْمِ بْنِ هَارُونَ السِّمَّرِيُّ ثنا هَوْذَةُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ الْبَكْرَاوِيُّ ثنا عَوْفٌ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْعَائِذِيِّ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

شَهِدْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ جِيءَ بِالرَّجُلِ الْقَاتِلِ يُقَادُ فِي نِسْعَةٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِوَلِيِّ الْمَقْتُولِ أَتَعْفُو؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَتَأْخُذُ الدِّيَةَ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَتَقْتُلُهُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ اذْهَبْ بِهِ فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ بِهِ فَتَوَلَّى مِنْ عِنْدِهِ قَالَ لَهُ تَعَالَ أَتَعْفُو؟ مِثْلَ قَوْلِهِ الْأَوَّلِ فَقَالَ وَلِيُّ الْمَقْتُولِ مِثْلَ قَوْلِهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عِنْدَ الرَّابِعَةِ أَمَا إِنَّكَ إِنْ عَفَوْتَ فَإِنَّهُ يَبُوءُ بِإِثْمِكَ وَإِثْمِ صَاحِبِكَ قَالَ فَتَرَكَهُ قَالَ فَأَنَا رَأَيْتُهُ يَجُرُّ نِسْعَتَهُ وَقَالَ فِيهِ يَحْيَى الْقَطَّانُ عَنْ عَوْفٍ يَبُوءُ بِإِثْمِهِ وَإِثْمِ صَاحِبِكَ  

bayhaqi:16075 – [Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Bakr b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. al-Jahm b. Hārūn al-Simmarī > Hawdhah b. Khalīfah al-Bakrāwī > ʿAwf > Ḥamzah Abū ʿUmar al-ʿĀʾidhī [Chain 2] Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Abū Saʿīd b. al-Aʿrābī > Saʿdān b. Naṣr > Isḥāq b. Yūsuf al-Azraq > ʿAwf al-Aʿrābī Aẓunnuh > Ḥamzah al-ʿĀʾidhī > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil b. Ḥujr al-Ḥaḍramī from his father

A man who had killed someone was brought to the Messenger of Allah, and he was brought by the heir of the victim. The Messenger of Allah said to him. 'Will you forgive him? He said: No.' He said: 'Will you kill him? He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Go away.' Then when he went away, he called him back and said: will you forgive him?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Will you accept the Diyah? He said: 'No.' He said: 'will you kill him? He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Go away.' Then when he had gone he said: If you forgive him, he will carry your sin and the sin of your companion (the victim)." So he forgave him and let him go." He said: "And I saw him dragging his string." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4723)   

البيهقي:١٦٠٧٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْجَهْمِ بْنِ هَارُونَ السِّمَّرِيُّ ثنا هَوْذَةُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ الْبَكْرَاوِيُّ ثنا عَوْفٌ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ أَبِي عُمَرَ الْعَائِذِيِّ ح وَثَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ أنبأ أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ ثنا سَعْدَانُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَزْرَقُ ثنا عَوْفٌ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ أَظُنُّهُ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ الْعَائِذِيِّ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

جِيءَ بِالْقَاتِلِ الَّذِي قَتَلَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ جَاءَ بِهِ وَلِيُّ الْمَقْتُولِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَتَعْفُو؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ أَتَأْخُذُ الدِّيَةَ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ أَتَقْتُلُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَاذْهَبْ بِهِ فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ دَعَاهُ فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنَّكَ إِنْ عَفَوْتَ عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَبُوءُ بِإِثْمِكَ وَإِثْمِ صَاحِبِكَ فَعَفَا عَنْهُ فَأَرْسَلَهُ قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُهُ وَهُوَ يَجُرُّ نِسْعَتَهُ